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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Nils Adler, Charu Sudan Kasturi

Why is Gaza out of fuel — and what now?

A school, housing Palestinians who fled their houses due to Israeli attacks, is lit up amid darkness and power cuts, in Gaza City, October 9, 2023 [Saleh Salem/Reuters]

Israel has bombarded the densely populated Gaza Strip, home to about 2.3 million people, with missiles since the Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise attack last weekend.

Now, the enclave is without power, pushed into a complete energy blackout after Gaza’s sole power plant will run out of fuel on Wednesday, affecting essential services including hospitals.

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